Opinion Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:57:49 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Criticisms come from those in the church who want to get rid of Pope Francis, Austrian cardinal says /home/international/item/27965-criticisms-come-from-those-in-the-church-who-want-to-get-rid-of-pope-francis-austrian-cardinal-says /home/international/item/27965-criticisms-come-from-those-in-the-church-who-want-to-get-rid-of-pope-francis-austrian-cardinal-says Prelates in Germany and Austria have united to support Pope Francis in response to a former papal nuncio's demand for his resignation.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:23:17 -0400 Bridges over barriers /columns/item/22273-bridges-over-barriers /columns/item/22273-bridges-over-barriers

Good fences make good neighbours, wrote Robert Frost. But don’t try telling that to the bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria.

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VIENNA – An Austrian bishop said the government may not use Church property to build a border fence to keep out refugees.

]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:00:00 -0400 Pope Francis asks prayers for refugees after 71 found dead in truck /home/international/item/20787-pope-francis-asks-prayers-for-refugees-after-71-found-dead-in-truck /home/international/item/20787-pope-francis-asks-prayers-for-refugees-after-71-found-dead-in-truck

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis joined Austrian church leaders in praying for the 71 refugees found dead in an abandoned truck near Vienna and he condemned the smuggling of migrants as an offense "against the whole human family."

]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:41:49 -0400 Cardinal says balancing truth, mercy always difficult, always needed /faith/item/19007-cardinal-says-balancing-truth-mercy-always-difficult-always-needed /faith/item/19007-cardinal-says-balancing-truth-mercy-always-difficult-always-needed

VATICAN CITY - Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna, one of the Catholic Church's best known cardinal-theologians, said the Catholic Church must hold together truth and mercy, even if it is criticized for its attempt.

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